Very well done! I'm curious where you got your references from. I wore that stuff for 10 yrs. and while I know the French regular army probably had some different equipment then us, especially in war time but some of that gear is new to me. I'm not nit picking because you did an incredible job! I'm just curious about gear that wasn't made available to us. For instance the AT4, we had 2 different hand held rocket launchers but I never saw that one. Also when it comes to the FAMAS bayonet we were never given that except for parading, we cleaned them a lot but when on operation we never saw it.
Thank you very much for the feedback. Attached you'll have some pics showing French soldiers carrying some AT-4. Besides the broad info found online, my work was based mainly on references of both books "French Foreign Legion Paratroopers (2eREI)" written by the famous Yves Debay and "French Special Forces" by Eric Micheletti. They are, as you may know already, truly experts in the matter. IMO, outstanding books, with tons of color pics and descriptions. There you will find among other gear, pics showing Legionaires & Comandos using AT-4 (as standard weapon), the "harnais de combat HDL100" and the SIG 551. Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have any further comment.
...so I guess legionaries from the 60, 70 & 80's would have said the same. Lol. Nope, you're right, those guys in the pics are not legionaires. However, once I fix my scanner I will send you pics from the books I mentioned already. Another point to clearfy is the fact that my fig isn't actually a legionary but a para from 2n rcp, right? Greetings.
I'm not sure they said it with quite the same reality, the only thing that really changed between the 60's till I joined was where basic was held and that you had to be running from something once upon a time.
Thanks! I have both you mentioned as well as marcel and DiD's paratrooper on the way to me. Marcel was pure luck finding him! I really want the Armoury legionnaire but haven't found one yet...![]()
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bbi made "Bruno", which you might still find, from time to time. You'd need the green beret and some other stuff, to make him a legionnaire. Before him, they did "Leon Javert", a legionnaire. Same uniform, no body armor, but he had a load-bearing vest. He also had the earlier ballistic helmet like those in ali's pictures.
Were you wearing the camouflage uniform in former Yugoslavia, or the older green uniform?
Caveat emptor, eBay has one for sale.
Much thanks for these links! I search ebay every day and the armoury one has never showed up.....
